Vancouver School District

Welcoming partners into schools to reduce barriers to learning

Family-Community Resource Centers cultivate hope, opportunity, and agency for students and families

Located directly across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon, Vancouver Public Schools (VPS) is an urban/suburban district serving nearly 24,000 students in 35 schools, 18 of which have on-site Family-Community Resource Centers (FCRCs). Increasingly, FCRCs are hubs of the community. They mobi...

Laying the foundation for a unified look at student achievement in a Challenge Collaborative

This district laid the foundation to provide teachers with a more effective, unified look at student achievement

Vancouver is a thriving small city in Southwest Washington, just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. Nearly 24,000 students are enrolled in Vancouver Public Schools (VPS), and thanks to a two-time voter-approved technology levy, all VPS students in third through 12th grades have acce...